File 029085
Email from David Grosof to Jeffrey Epstein: Birthday Message and Research Interests (File 029085)
Email from David Grosof to Jeffrey Epstein dated January 20, 2017, offering birthday assistance and discussing shared interests in open science, life science ventures, cybersecurity, and philanthropic support for basic research.
Summary
David Grosof sends Jeffrey Epstein a birthday message offering to contribute his expertise in several areas including open science and publishing, early-stage life science ventures with emerging technologies, cybersecurity measures and privacy protection, and publicity for philanthropic initiatives. Grosof also responds to Epstein's earlier message about areas of interest including distributions in nature, deception, sleep, power, money, music and the brain, and signal intelligence in biological systems. He mentions acquaintances including Jonathan Victor (neuroscientist) and Reese Jones (consciousness research advocate and Singularity University founder), and adds a postscript about economic and national security concerns regarding the Trump administration.
From: David Grosofon behalf of David GrosofSent: 1/20/2017 6:28:10 AMTo: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]Subject: Re: Your Special DayImportance: HighAt 10:13 PM 01/19/17, you wrote:all good.A A thx.A A areas of interest,A A A A distribuitionsA in nature. .A A A A 2deception.A 3.A sleep . 4.A power. 5 money.A 6 music and the brain. 7 , signal intellignece in the biologocalsystemsExcellent alignment with some of my interests or those of people I like and think are smart!The rest of the truncated message has been sent.1. What's been stimulating as a source of good questions for the "distributions in nature" issue?7. "Signal intelligence in biol. systems" seems to cover all of neurophysiology: Jonathan Victor, whom you meta few years ago in your office, is powerfully thoughtful on the issues of neural coding. Are there specificexamples that have stimulated you to better questions or turned your thinking around?6. Are you aware of apps that purport to play music to enhance productivity and focus on tasks at hand? Mybuddy Reese Jones has backed that; he has a fascinating set of beliefs and projects around what may soon beunderstood as "consciousness hacking." He's on the board of Singularity University as one of the founders. (Hisfather was a pioneer UCSF MD researcher of hallucinogens, I believe!)More to come in a day or so.Thanks!You're up late or you're not so east of my SF location!DavidPS How to trade the Trump-GOP demolition of the welfare state, erratic elevation of risks of trade disruptionsand war? Has anyone from the rational center or left given thought to how to respond to a national emergency tocope with a kakistocratic seizure of emergency powers? The Patriot Act was on a 'shelf as you know, ready tobe used. What should the better folks in this country have at hand if, say, a port is subject to a radiologicalattack of unknown origin?On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:07 AM, David Grosof <grosof@sloan.mit.edu> wrote:Dear Jeffrey,A Congratulations on another spin around the sun.A I would like to offer you a birthday present: my best efforts for a few hours on something where I might beable to contribute either to making something good happen for you or help you prevent the bad.We haven't talked much at all for quite some time, so I'm not sure of the nature of your current interests but hereare some of mine, where I feel I either have some special capability or can get access to those who have such.* open science -- open access publishing, data publishing, and open culture institutions considered as a networkwith largely consistent and mutually reinforcing values: Public Library of Science (PLoS), Wikipedia, InternetHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029085Archive, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Creative Commons, along with allied US, UK, Europeangovernmental and NGO funding sources and other institutions.* early-stage life science-based ventures, especially those with one or more of these technologies: optics,wearable-sensors, brain-computer interface, behavioral engineering that goes beyond robo-noodging. I am notup to speed on synthetic bio and CRISPR, but I have a good friend who is.* cybersecurity for you and your life. I have carefully monitored the web for articles about you and I havereason to think that those will persist indefinitely. I would be remiss as your friend if I did not encourage you tobe as diligent and smart as possible in using tools like Signal, two-factor/multi-factor authentication, takingwebmail archives off the web onto your own secure privately maintained archive or deleted (unlike Podesta),and other measures.* publicity for your cool-ass creative and important philanthropy in support of really good and adventuresome,high-risk basic science research. Most obvious benefit: it would be nice to know you hung out with the brightDavid GrosofAA AA AA A please noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedDavid GrosofHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029086